I had a fantastic time at the Midwifery Today conference in Eugene, OR. It was held March 13-15, and I went up with a couple of midwife friends from Las Vegas for the pre-conference. It was wonderful to be back in Oregon after a long stint in the desert. We moved from Portland to Las [...]

Jan Tritten of Midwifery Today wrote a recent blog post on the myth of the trapped placenta.
Apparently the 3rd stage of labor, birthing the placenta, is also managed by the clock. Just as a woman “must” deliver within 24 hours of her waters breaking, the placenta “must” be born within 30-60 minutes after the baby [...]

This is from Dr. Chandler Marrs, a colleague of mine over at UNLV. She has worked extensively in the area of postpartum hormone research, and needs some help collecting data.

The UNLV Maternal Health Lab is conducting two surveys on postpartum mental health. We need 500 postpartum women and their partners, who have had children within [...]

A new study suggests that women with symptoms of depression may have nearly twice the risk of preterm delivery as women without. The study came out in Thursday’s online issue of the journal Human Reproduction.
“A healthy pregnancy requires a healthy placenta, which depends on hormones influenced by the brain”, says the study’s lead author, Dr. [...]

Another placenta has been lost to mishandling, and miscommunication.
A woman gave birth to her baby in a Texas hospital late last night, and had requested that the placenta be saved so that she could take it home. She was also honest with them, that she wanted to prepare it and use it for her postpartum [...]

Tiffani Lawton, a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist in New Jersey and a woman I consider my friend, recently received a diagnosis of autism for her 3-year-old son. With intensive therapy, he has a chance at recovery because he is at the lower end of the autistic spectrum.
She is putting together a recipe book as a fundraiser [...]

Postpartum Support International (or PSI), is offering free, anonymous chat sessions.
This is a safe place where you can feel free to ask questions you would like to have answered. Having a baby is a major emotional and physical adjustment. It’s normal to wonder:
“Is It Just the Blues?”
“Am I the only one who feels this way?”
“What [...]

I remember the day my midwife told me about placenta medicine, I cried. I loved that birth had so many blessings to offer our family, and this was completely news to me. I was so excited when Patricia told me she would gladly encapsulate my placenta for me. Patricia is an amazing midwife, with five [...]

Yesterday I sent out the latest edition of PBi News, the monthly(ish) newsletter from Placenta Benefits.info. When I tried to mail it, iContact (who I use for my email newsletters) refused to send it. Their reasons? It contained strong sexual content!
Now how in the world could an email with the subject line of Orgasmic Birth [...]

I had the pleasure of talking with Carrie Lauth from Natural Moms Talk Radio, and the show is now available! It was a great interview, so take a minute to check it out when you get a chance. Carrie was so easy to talk to, I could have chatted for another hour.
Thanks Carrie!
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